Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS)
A nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
Founder(s)Craig E. Rubens, MD, PhD and Tom Hansen, MD
Established2007 (2007)
Executive DirectorJames A. Litch, MD, DTMH [1]
Key peopleBoard of Directors: Anna Faris, Jack Faris, Tom Hansen, James Litch, Eric Mann, Gloria Northcroft, Craig Rubens, Andrew Ruud
SloganMake every birth a healthy birth.
Address19009 33rd Avenue W, Suite 200
Location
Lynnwood
,
WA
,
USA
Websitewww.gapps.org

The Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS) was founded in 2007 as an initiative of Seattle Children’s, and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.[2] GAPPS’ mission is to lead a collaborative, global effort to increase awareness and accelerate innovative research and interventions that will improve maternal, newborn and child health outcomes around the world, with a focus on preterm birth and stillbirth.[3][4]

Initiatives

GAPPS is a member of the Washington Global Health Alliance, and collaborates with a number of research universities, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and philanthropic foundations. Notable collaborators include the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its foundation (FNIH), PATH, Queen's University at Kingston, UNICEF, University of Toronto and the World Health Organization.[5]

GAPPS Repository

The GAPPS Repository[6] is an international biobank of pregnancy specimens matched with data from patient questionnaires and clinical history gathered during pregnancy and after birth. These unique data support ground-breaking research on pregnancy, including how pregnancy affects maternal and child health after delivery.[7][8] The Repository is also available to researchers to study the fetal origins of persistent health problems like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension.[9]

Preventing Preterm Birth initiative

In 2011 the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provided $20 million to GAPPS for the Preventing Preterm Birth initiative, part of the foundation's Grand Challenges in Global Health. The Preventing Preterm Birth initiative focuses on finding new interventions to prevent premature birth and stillbirth by limiting infection and improving nutrition.[10]

Every Preemie-SCALE

In 2014 USAID awarded the Every Preemie-SCALE project to provide practical, catalytic and scalable approaches for expanding uptake of preterm birth and low birth weight interventions in 24 priority countries in Africa and Asia.[11]

Nonprofit Rating

GAPPS has achieved the GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency for non-profit organizations.

References

  1. ↑ "GAPPS Team". GAPPS.
  2. ↑ "GAPPS".
  3. ↑ Rubens, Craig E.; Gravett, Michael G.; Victora, Cesar G.; Nunes, Toni M.; GAPPS Review Group (23 February 2010). "Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth". BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 10 (1): S7. doi:10.1186/1471-2393-10-S1-S7. PMC 2841775. PMID 20233388.
  4. ↑ "Mission and Vision". GAPPS.
  5. ↑ "Our Partnerships". Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS). 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
  6. ↑ "GAPPS Bioservices". GAPPS.
  7. ↑ "Seattle Children's Sets Up Rare Biobank to Study Premature Birth". Xconomy. 14 March 2012.
  8. ↑ "New biorepository to help uncover mysteries of pregnancy and childbirth". World Health Organization. 10 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "A Library of Samples From Pregnant Women To Help Disease Research". Fast Company. 6 August 2012.
  10. ↑ "Gates Foundation awards $20M for premature birth research". Puget Sound Business Journal. 7 November 2011.
  11. ↑ "Every Preemie-SCALE". 8 December 2014.
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